Orange County leaders announced this week that they are refunding some red light camera tickets. Greg Fox (@GregFoxWESH) has the story.

Orange County leaders announced this week that they are refunding some red light camera tickets. Greg Fox (@GregFoxWESH) has the story.

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Updated: 6:22 PM EDT May 19, 2015

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WEBVTT IT IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SHOULD MAKE EVERY DRIVER IN ORANGE COUNTY SIT UP AND MAKE NOTICE. LEADERS SAY THEY ARE REFUNDING IN RED-LIGHT CAMERA TICKET MONEY. GREG FOX IS LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE VIOLATIONS TOOK PLACE. WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REFUND? TWO WORDS -- HUMAN ERROR. THAT'S THE WAY THE COUNTY CHARACTERIZES IT. IT WAS A RESURFACING PROJECT AND WIDENING THAT WENT ON AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLARCONA AND HIAWASSI BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE SIGNAL OVERHEAD. WHEN THE PROJECT WAS DONE THE SIGNALING WAS NOT DONE RIGHT AND IT WAS WRONG FOR NINE MONTHS. SO THAT'S WHY DRIVERS ARE GETTING SOME MONEY BACK. THESE ARE THE ONES TOO FAR INTO THE LIGHT. KRISTA IS WITH ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. SHE SHOWED US VIDEO OF PEOPLE RUNNING RED LIGHTS. BREAKING THE LAW. BUT MANY WILL GET THEIR TICKET MONEY BACK BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THE COUNTY WASN'T FOLLOWING STATE LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, ERRORS DO HAPPEN. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO RECTIFY THEM. BARBARA SAYS DURING WIDENING OF CLAIRE CLONEA AND HIAWASSEE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS IMPROPERLY RESET TO LAST FOUR SECONDS BETWEEN YELLOW AND RED. UNDER STATE LAW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4.3 SECONDS. VEHICLE THAT'S PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION LESS THAN .4 SECONDS INTO THE LIGHT MAY HAVE GOTTEN A YELLOW. SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR REFUNDS. DID YOU THINK DRIVERS WERE GETTING RIPPED OFF INTENTIONALLY? THEY WERE DEFINITELY GETTING RIPPED OFF WHETHER IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT. DAVID SHAW A RED LAW CAMERA OPPONENT UNCOVERED THE ERROR WHILE SIFTING THROUGH TRAFFIC RECORDS. COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE REFUNDS TO ANYONE TICKETED WHO HAD AN R TIME, A RED TIME OF .4 SECONDS OR LESS SHOWN HERE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. DO YOU BELIEVE THE COUNTY'S EXPLANATION. I BELIEVE THEIR EXPLANATION BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SUPERVISING. IF YOU WERE TICKETED BETWEEN AUGUST 2012 AND MAY 2013 THERE WERE 570 OF YOU, 260 WILL BE GETTING REFUNDS. BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING WAS WRONG. THE TOTAL IS MORE THAN $41,000. $158 EACH. WE WERE LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE IT'S ALL BEEN FIXED HERE. THERE IS NO RED-LIGHT CAMERA. HIRE IS WHAT DRIVERS ARE GOING TO SEE. THEY'LL GET A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY EXPLAINING THE MISTAKE ASKING THEM TO FILL OUT A REQUEST FORM AND MAIL IT BACK

Orange County refunding over 200 red light camera tickets

Orange County leaders announced this week that they are refunding some red light camera tickets. Greg Fox (@GregFoxWESH) has the story.